Need some help with my lenses hunt...

[lezeb]

Hey there

I'm trying to organize my gears since I bought my GH2 a few months ago.

I own the 14-140mm, the 20mm pancake, a 50 mm canon FD 1.4, and a old 70-300mm Canon EF. I also bought a bunch of prime c-mount lenses that I really love.

But I still need to find a few more appropriate lens for photo and video :

-A Fisheye.
The Pany 8mm seems really cool and compact but is quite expensive, the Rokinon 8mm or the Peleng 8mm seems as a good backup but I'm under the impression that they don't have a full 180 coverage due to the m43 crop factor. Is it true to you as well ?
so far I bet I will go to the pany option, unless somebody strongly advise me otherwise.

-A wide lens with AF :
I guess my need for AF leave me with only two choice : the Oly 9-18mm or the pany 7-14mm.
I really have no idea which one to choose from except that the oly is way cheaper. .
Any thoughts ?

-A fast zoom lens with AF
I see only 2 choices right now
Oly 35-100mm 2.0 or Oly 50-200 2.8-3.5
the first one seems to be the best for video as the ETC mode will offer a really zoom close to 600 mm (full frame) but the second one is again cheaper and probably more appropriate for both video and photo .
I'm just not sure about using a 43 lens with adapter on the GH2, should I expect any loss of quality ? any other issues ?


Any advices would be extremely welcome
By the way what are the speculation about the upcoming panasonic lenses, should we expect a fast and compact zoom lens ?

 

[Psynema]

Hey there

I'm trying to organize my gears since I bought my GH2 a few months ago.

I own the 14-140mm, the 20mm pancake, a 50 mm canon FD 1.4, and a old 70-300mm Canon EF. I also bought a bunch of prime c-mount lenses that I really love.

But I still need to find a few more appropriate lens for photo and video :

-A Fisheye.
The Pany 8mm seems really cool and compact but is quite expensive, the Rokinon 8mm or the Peleng 8mm seems as a good backup but I'm under the impression that they don't have a full 180 coverage due to the m43 crop factor. Is it true to you as well ?
so far I bet I will go to the pany option, unless somebody strongly advise me otherwise.

A rectilinear lens I don't think would change the angle of view at all, however a fisheye, since it compresses the extreme angles on the sides of the image would get cropped off, so ...most likely yeah. But to be blunt, fisheyes are a gimmicky luxury, really wouldn't prioritize a fisheye over other lenses if tight on cash.

-A wide lens with AF :
I guess my need for AF leave me with only two choice : the Oly 9-18mm or the pany 7-14mm.
I really have no idea which one to choose from except that the oly is way cheaper. .
Any thoughts ?

Olympus 12mm F2 is supposed to be announced any day now. Still half a rumor, but seems pretty damn solid. You could also get the 20mm pancake lens and add a wide angle adapter to it and then you'd have your autofocus wide lens (and maybe get fisheye adapter as well.

-A fast zoom lens with AF
I see only 2 choices right now
Oly 35-100mm 2.0 or Oly 50-200 2.8-3.5
the first one seems to be the best for video as the ETC mode will offer a really zoom close to 600 mm (full frame) but the second one is again cheaper and probably more appropriate for both video and photo .
I'm just not sure about using a 43 lens with adapter on the GH2, should I expect any loss of quality ? any other issues ?

I used Oly glass with a 4/3 adapter - there's no loss of quality at all. Also not sure how the GH2 works, you'd have to check Pannys compatability chart, but both those lenses don't autofocus on a Lumix and pretty sure that goes for the GH2 as well as I've checked. the 14-54mm Oly Mark II (not the first lens) is the only fast Oly zoom that autofocus when you press the shutter using an adapter. If you want fast tele glass with autofocus, you'd have to settle for the 45mm prime or one of the slower 4.0 tele lenses like the 45-200 or 100-300.

Any advices would be extremely welcome
By the way what are the speculation about the upcoming panasonic lenses, should we expect a fast and compact zoom lens ?